明 銅獸耳夔龍紋尊

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英文品名：A MING BRONZE ZUN WITH BEAST-HANDLES AND KUI-DRAGON BANDS 尺寸：D:16cm;H:23cm 銅鑄，大口外撇，短頸，碩腹，下收圈足。頸兩側對稱出獸首銜環耳，獸首圓眼捲鼻。頸部飾一週夔龍紋帶，以回紋、渦紋為地，線條古拙；腹以下光素，銅色深沉，隱現硃砂斑。整器皮殼溫潤，為明代銅尊。尊為古代盛酒禮器，大口外撇，便於行禮時捧持傾注。頸部夔龍紋帶蜿蜒回首，下襯回紋、渦紋，夔龍為獨體龍紋，取威嚴通神之意；腹以下光素，貴在簡穆，與頸部華紋相襯。銅器承三代禮器遺意，明清文人多置尊於書齋、廳堂，或插花、或焚香、或純作清賞。此器獸首銜環耳端莊，夔龍紋帶古拙，皮殼溫潤隱現硃砂，古意盎然。 A bronze zun with flared mouth, short neck and bulbous body on a spreading foot. A pair of beast-head handles with ring pendants is set to the neck, their eyes and snouts rounded. The shoulder band is cast with kui dragons on a fret-and-spiral ground, while the lower body is left plain. The patina is dark and warm with cinnabar patches. The zun was an ancient wine vessel, its flared mouth allowing it to be lifted and poured during rites. The kui-dragon band winds across the shoulder on a fret-and-spiral ground; the kui dragon is a single-bodied dragon motif denoting solemnity and communication with the spirits. The plain lower body, quiet against the decorated shoulder, follows the ancient taste for restraint. Ming and Qing scholars kept zun in studios and halls for flowers, incense or pure connoisseurship; this example's beast-head ring handles, archaic kui band and warm cinnabar-flecked patina carry an ancient air.

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